Synopsis – Author’s websiteViolet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies—or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes that the dead leave behind in the world... and the imprints that attach to their killers. Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find the dead birds her cat had tired of playing with. But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him. Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer—and Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer... and becoming his prey herself.Black is for Beginnings (ARC) by Laurie Faria StolarzPublisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.Pub. Date: September 2009Age Range: Young Adult168ppSeries: Blue Is for Nightmares Series, #5

SynopsisThe series that put a spell on half a million young adult readers continues . . .in graphic novel format!

Prophetic nightmares. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be. All she really wants to do is work things out with Jacob and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. Black is for Beginnings reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.

SynopsisTime is a funny thing in the hospital. In the mental ward. You lose track of it easily. After six months in the Maryland Mental Health Unit, Kyra Sellers, a.k.a. Goth Girl, is going home. Unfortunately, she’s about to find out that while she was away, she lost track of more than time. Kyra is back in black, feeling good, and ready to make up with the only person who’s ever appreciated her for who she really is. But then she sees him. Fanboy. Transcended from everything he was into someone she barely recognizes. And the anger and memories come rushing back.There’s so much to do to people when you’re angry. Kyra’s about to get very busy.

I'm really looking forward to The Body Finder because her power sounds so interesting. I wouldn't mind having a power that could help me identify sickos.

Ok, so I saw on Book Nerd Extraordinaire's blog that you have all of George R. R. Martin's books and can't wait to start on them. Just as extra incentive to start on A Game of Thrones asap, I wanted to let you know that the series changed everything I thought I knew about the fantasy genre. They are also some of the best books I have ever read, regardless of genre.

I'm just a girl with a crazy book obsession.
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